Category Archives: Terrorist financing

Facecrook?

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Susan Grossey author

Here’s what I have read about Facebook Libra: According to the Financial Times, it is “a new global digital currency backed by assets and supported by more than two dozen companies ranging from Visa and Mastercard to Lyft and Spotify”. … Continue reading →

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A bum note

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

It’s on its way out, that banknote of choice for the money laundering fraternity: on 4 May 2016 the European Central Bank announced that it will stop issuing the €500 note at the end of 2018, “taking into account concerns … Continue reading →

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Maman’s the word

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

I know that AML and CFT go together.  I’m not convinced that they belong together, but I am swimming against the tide, which seems to favour putting all financial crime into the same category.  And so I am careful to … Continue reading →

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The path paved with bad intentions

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Susan Grossey author

Last week it was announced that Florindo Flores – better known as Comrade Artemio, the last original leader of the Peruvian communist party (Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path) – had been sentenced by a court in Lima to life in … Continue reading →

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